Serial camera + RS232 > USB adapter

[Colin J Thomson - G6AVK]

On Saturday 27 January 2007 10:37:06 pm Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 27 January 2007 22:20, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 January 2007 21:35, Colin J Thomson - G6AVK wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have acquired a RS232 to USB adapter, which is working well with FC6
> > > (tested with GPS) briefly.
> > > My question is I have a very old Serial port digital camera that
> > > digiKam refuses to work with, Its listed but I have never managed to
> > > get it to work. I had to resort to using the M$ software in Wine.
> > >
> > > I wonder if it would be possible to use the USB>Serial adapter somehow,
> > > googleing around has yet to shed any information on this.
> >
> > What model is the camera?  Have you tried the linux hardware
> > compatibility list?
>
> If it's pre-usb you may have some difficulty finding information.  You may
> find something helpful here, though:
>
> http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html
>
> http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php
>
> Then
>
> http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/

Many thanks for the links Anne, something for me to look at tomorrow

Cheers

Colin
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